Farmers near Meeker, in northwestern Colorado, have been diverting water from the White River to flood their fields for irrigation for more than 100 years. Using a series of irrigation ditches, they ...

Irrigation from river water supports 25% of global food production. The first complex societies arose in river valleys – from the Nile to the Indus to the Yangtze to the Tigris and Euphrates. Why did ...

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

Irrigation practices exert a profound influence on the fluxes of key greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane—by altering soil moisture regimes, microbial activity and nutrient ...

Water scarcity and mounting environmental pressures necessitate innovative irrigation methods that conserve freshwater while maintaining or enhancing crop yields. Modern water-saving technologies ...